The Sun. — London, England, 1864-09-17 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. There is no new feature of importance in the general discount market. The demand is well sustained, but there is a good E uppiy of money, and the lowest rate for bankers' acceptances is 81 per cent. About £65,000 in gold was taken into the Bank yesterday. In the foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon there was a slight downward movement. Since Monday last the imports of specie have amounted to £825,700, and the exports to £937,700. There was a meeting yesterday of the creditors of Means. Newby, Carson, and Co., in the India and China trade, who lately failed. A statement submitted showed debts and liabilities £131,117, and assets £111,203. At the time of the failure the aggregate liabilities were £600,000, but about £470,000 was secured. An offer was made by two of the partners to pay 10s. in the pound without security, but eventually a committee of raven ere. ditors was appointed to investigate the character of the assets and report to an adjourned meeting. Two O'CLOCK. At the PAris Bourse this day, according to neuter's telegram, the 3 per Cent. Rentes were quoted 65f. 85c. A rise of per cent. has taken place in the Eng lish Funds upon a few purchases for investment. There is little animation in the department of the Stock Exchange, speculation being very quiet. Consols for money are 884 I-, 'and for the account 8 4- The New Threes are 861 1 ; .the Reduced, 863 4 ; Exchequer Bills, 12e. die. ; India 5 per Cents., 103/ 1041 ; de. 5 per Cent. Enfaced, 101 102 i ; and do. Bonds, 283. die. In the Foreign market the movements, beyond a decline of 2 per cent. in the Confederate Loan, viz , to 80 82, have been unimportant, and business quiet. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 694 70 ; ditto Cons9lides, 50f, ; Mexican, 274 i; ditto New, 251 4 ; Greek, 231 241; Spanish Passive, 31/ 321; ditto Certificates, 13k 141-; and Portuguese, 461 474. In the Railway Share Market there has been very little animation, and prices have shown rather less firmness. Great Eastern, and North Western, and Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, have each declined 4 ; and Lancashire and Yorkshire, ; while South Eastern have improved 1. The Foreign and Colonial lines exhibit no mate rial change. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are dull, and, in some instances, show less firmness in prices. Al liance have receded to 5l ; English and Swedish, to 14i ; London Joint Stock, to 45 ; while City Bank have improved to 123; and London Financial have declined to 22i I. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 3 per Cent. Consols Do Account, Oct. 11 - 3 per Cent. Reduced New 3 per Cent - B6l A f New 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894.... Do 5 per Cent., Jan. 1873 . Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880.. Do for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885... Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908... March. June. Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 3 &31 per Cent. 12 dis Do £5OO Do £lOO and £2OO Bank England Stk, 51 per Ct. — Do Account — INDI&N GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. India Stock, 101 per Cent., AprillB74 — Do Account Do 5 per Cent. July, 1670 Do 4 per Cent., Oct, 1888 — __ ... Do CertifiCates Do Account — Do 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) — Do 41 per Cent. Do Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent Do 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 lOl 21 Do 51 per Cent., May, 1879 — Do 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 D ) Bonds 81,000 . Do under £1,000.. FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Austrian Bonds, 6 per Cent — Brazilian 6 per Cent Do 4/ per Cent., 1863 1862-68-60 Do Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent — Do Account.... . ) — Chiliau 6 per Cent. -- Do 4i per Cent Colombian 6 per Cent .. -- Cuba., 6 per Cent. .. Do 6 per Cent. 1864 Danish 3 per Cent., 1825 --• Do 4 p er Cent, 1863 1 41ador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent.. Do, Provisonal Land Warrant — Egyptia n 7 per Cent.. 961 h o) Second Issue Gr6 D ek 6 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons — Do Account Do Coupons Do Account — Guat emala 5 per. Cent. D 0 183 9 and 1859 Italian 5 per C en t.(M arem mana Railway) Mexican, 3 per Cent .... Do Account ' - I D O 1864 -• . Po French Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c.. Do 6 per Cent. Anglo. French . ... dis Ditto Scrip, £23 paid — Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent New Granada — Do De Deferred — Do Land Warrants (Hectares) .. — Do Debentures, 4 per Ct., April 1861 ~ Do d o A ug ., 1866 L . e r tiv i R n 11 per Cent — Do 3 per Cent. (Uribarren) ... — q per Cent., 1862 D o Account P ortuguese 3 per Cent., 1 853 b.) Account • • --- Do 3 per Cent., 1866, '7, 'O, '6O, 62,'3.. .._ Do Acc oun t — ' ttussian 6 per Cent., 1822, £ St B9l Do 41 per Cent 1860 .. Do ~1 860 lio 3 per Cent 1859 .. Do 5 per Cent, 1862 Do Anglo-Dutch Do Scrip, £55 paid Sardinian 5 per Cent — • Do Account — B Panish 3 per Cent Do Account Do New Deferred Do Account Do Passive to Account ESpanish Cert. of Coup not funded — Do Account Swedish, 4 per Cent. — Do Scrip, £6O paid pm Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 — Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 Do Account 7 - 3 - i Do £lOO Bonds 1)o 6 per Cent. 1862 Do Account Do £lOO Bonds.. — Do 1863 .. Do Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. Do 1863 Scrip, £4O paid ... Venezuela 3 per Cont. Do Account Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do Account Do 6 per Cent., 1864 Dividends on the above payable in Land on Austrian, 5 per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins. Do Account Belgian 41 per Cent., Ex. 25f — .%s..tch 21 per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil — Do 4 per Cent. Certificates Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs — D 0 Account 651 French Rentes, per Cent P enivian Dollar Bonds, 41 per Ct. - Ex. 4s. Pi eduiontese, 5 per Cent., En. 25f — TWO O'CLOCK, %Insole Money Do Account . ... 88k i THE VACCINATION ACT.--A point has recently beta settled at Cambridge which is likely to increase considerably the efficiency of the Vaccination Act, 16 and 17 Vie., cap. 100. By that act every registrar of births is bound to keep a register of successful vaccination from duplicate certificates, directed by the same act to be trans • batted to him by any medical officer or practitioner in his district by whom a vaccination has been performed. In tu acY quarters there is considerable laxity in the transmis ian of these duplicate certificates; and in the Cambridge tr ujun, upon the complaint of the registrar, the board of guardians directed their clerk to prefer an indictment against a medical practitioner for disobeying the provisions of the statute, the result being that the defaulter, by the advice of his o.unsel, compromited the case by furnishing the re quired certificate, and paying £5 towards the expense of the 'Proceedings. GOVERNMENT EMIGRATION.—The Government emigrant ship Sandringham, 1,126 tons, Mr J. Lorden, m aster, belon g i ng to Mr F . B as il , L on d on, which sailed from Plymouth on the sth March last, arrived at Sydney, New South Wales, on the 26th of June, having on board 389 Government emigrants, under the care of Mr 'William Campbell, M.D., surgeon superintendent, assisted by Miss • A. Robertson, matron, Four births and six deaths took Place on the voyage. SHARE MARKETS —This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOC&S. ',hare! Railways. r aid : Closing Business Price. done. UM. ttir,. Wol., and Str. Val. auf at Blythe and Tyne. at Bristol and Exeter 100 83 85 at Caledonian .... 100 1231 1241 121 50 Cork and Bandon al 20 Cornwall all 6 7 10 Do A A gets no div all 10 Do. B till Op c.p an.has , 1 , lbeen paid to B. "" 50 Dublin & Belfast Juno. all 31 33 25 Dun., Per thot Ab. Juno. all 16 17 at Edinburgh & Glasgow. 100 8.1 01 at Lilasg. and S. Western. 100 106 108 st Great Eastern, Ord. stk , 100 45 46 451 st Ditto A stock st Ditto East Anglian at' 100 61 71 at GreatNorthol Scotland 100 at Great Northern lOO I'B 123 129 st Do A stock lOO 138 139 139 1 at Do Bdo lloo' 127 13.) at Gt. S. and W. of 1r01,,n I, 100 • 90 92 st Great Westerr ,Ofiginal 100 671 681 671 81 at Do Str Val nos- stow: 100 Do. South Wales CO - at Do. West Mid. -Oxford, 100 401 471 471 at Do Newport 100 38 40 et Do lleretord 100 100 1,3 et Lancashim & Yorkshire' 160 114 1141 114 at London and 131sokwalli 100 64 66 st Lon., Bright ,& S. Coast 100 102 *O3 1021 st Lon. Chat., and over; 100 39 41 at Lon. , & Nor th W estern' 100 1101 1111 1111 ICI at Lon. & Sv.th Western , 100 93 95 91 et Man., Shot, & Lincoln. 100 6 1 621 631 3 50 Maryport and Carlisle. all 124 Dot shares all et Metropolitan all 1041 'O5 105 4 at Midland at Do Birming. & Derby 100 98 190 50 Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland all 35 Do. 5 shares 25 Mid Kent at North British at Edin., Perth, & Dundee 100 25 26 at Nth. Eastern—Berwiok 100 1041 1055 105 25 Do, G.N.E. purchase 16.13.4 —.l at Do Lecds lOO 635 84/ 641 at Do York at Do Carlisle.. 100 25 Da. Stock. & Darling. all 351 361 25 Do do 1855-58 l9 9 10 25 •Do do 1430.61 at North London 10 Do New 5 1 11 p 10 Do Ner, 'BO4 at North Staffordshire .. all 74 75 10 N. and S. W. Junction. all 101 It et Scottish Central 100 130 135 at Scot N. E., Aber. steroid 100 at Do Scot Mid. stock,. 100 10 Shrews. and Welchpool all at Shropshire Union 100 67 69 at South Dev0n.......... 100 85 17 at South Eastern at South Wales at S. York. and River Dun 100 101 103 20 Staines,Wok.,andWok. all 8 9 at Taff Vale.. . . • 100 100 165 10 . Do B 8 b 10 Do C 3 3 4 n et Vale of Neath at Waterford & Kilkenny 100 at West Cornwall lOO 34 36 at W. Hartlepool liar.&R 1 100 BUITISII POSSESSIONS. Miss llary Sutton, assistant matron of the workhouse, said that the defendant was admitted there last Tuesday Last evening complainant was in the hall, and as the in mates entered for supper the defendant suddenly attacked her in the most disgraceful manner. She turned round suddenly when opposite, and slapped complainant's face, which she followed up by rushing upcn her, striking her repeatedly with her fists, and throwing her on the ground. She then pulled her hair down and seized herby the throat. Mr Selfe—ls anything known of her ? - - - Complainaat—She only came out of prison on Tuesday morning. Prisoner—What of it ? What has that to do with you ? You're a nice article Mr Salle—What was she in prison for ? Policeman—She was committed for six weeks for break ing her mother's windows. Mr • Selfe—Had you done anything to her, Miss Sutton before she attacked lon ? _ _ Complainant—l had merely pointed to the seat she was to take, as it was the first time I had seen her since her ad mission. _ _ Prisoner—Why, you better mind; you laid your hands upon me, didn't you, and I paid you out, didn't I. I'll let you see what I am; I am a devil in hell outlawed. Complainant—l did not put my hand upon her at all. William Cook said that, hearing cries, he went to the spot and found Miss Sutton upon the ground with her hair all loose about her head. Another inmate was called to show the violence of the assault. Prisoner—You're a pretty thing. Why, didn't you and me agree to slip into her, and go to prison together ? Witness—Yes, we did; but I don't want to go to prison. Mr Sd'e—Your conduct is most outrageous, and I shall commit you to hard labour for 3 months. Railways Closing Prioe. 59 61 99i tt I dis bi 7} 81 75 80 75 SO 75 80 95 10) 93 93 Ulantio & St Lawrene , lom.,Baroda&Cent In• Gu. 5 per cent Do. E. Shares... 3ullalo and Lake liurol Do. Preference .... • duffalo,Brantaelodricl ; p. et. bds. Aug. 1, IS7 Jo. do. July 1, 187 Jo. do. June 1, 187 .11eutto..&S.Eastn. (Lie :,'apeTown Dock Seri Demerara 7 p.o. per. pf e;ftiatn. Bengal gu. o p. Mist Indian. gu. 5 p. Do. do. (1 Ext..... KO 102 99} PPOI► 19* ';01 19/ 20} 19 10 Do. do. H do. .. grand Trunk of Cansd , Do. Equip. Mort Bonds 1 charge 0 per cent Do. Ist rrel. Bonds.. Do. do. deferred...... Do. 2d Pref. Bonds.. Do. do. deferred...... Do. 3d Pi ef. stock ... Do. do. deterred..... Do. 4th Pref. stock... 91 94 71 73 61 .33 (6 08 55 57 53 56 45 (8 29 31 26 28 ICOI 101 par 4) , 99 1(0 Do. do. deferred...... lt.lndlaPentn.gua.sp.t Do. New gna. 5 p. 0.. it. South.of India(Lirn guaranteed 5 per cent Do. 4/ per cent..... D 0... .. it. W. of Canada Share Do. New .. Do. 6 p.o. '73 with't opt Jo. 54 p. o. do. '77-8.. Indian Branch Limited Uadras guar., 5 p. o. Do. 4t p. o. Extensio , Dc. 44 d 0...... • Do. Fifth Extension wlelb.Corp• 6 p. o. Bndt & liobson's Bay. Do. 7 p. c. nortg. Bds. gewßruuswick& Cand, 91 10, 3 / 4 101 10 3 / 4 8') 01 82 81 d fo 99 3 / 4 100, 93 05 89 01 8 CO Class A and B. g.Etl.C'daB po Ist pi bd , Soinde Jo. Delhi .)o. do . Jo. Punjaub C Jo. Do. Jo. Indus. St. Flo.) all 100 (100 1100 ) all 1 101, 3 IS 80 8f 99 100 98 1(0 id par 98 100 94 96 • COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. British Columbia, 6 psi cent., Dec. 3,, 1872.... 100 Do. do. 1883.... 100 ;.,0.t30v.6 p.c.Ja. 1877-84 • 100 94 96 941 Do. 6 p.c. Feb.& Aut 100 91 96 Do. 6p. o. Mar. & Sep , 100 94 96 Do. Ip. o. Jan.&Jul) 10i 82 84 Do. 5 Inscribed stoc. 100 82 84 'ape G.llope, sp 0,187. 100 tO4 106 Do.Ap &Oct. 188. 100 ,07 109 Do. 189 100 , (9 111 in. Jan. & July, 1891. 100 :07 10) 'eylon, N0v.1878, 6 n 100 1( 9 112 rlauritius 6 p.ceut.lB73 100 .01 104 Do. 1878 00 ,03 106 Do. 188', 104 104 103 Fatal Gov. 6 per cent. 1.)9 OA 107 —. 4.13.00 v. p.o. J a.&J ul• 100 96 99 Do. 6p. e.Ap. & Oat 100 4. S.W. Gov. 6 p 0.,181, 100 97 99 Do. s p. c.,13/1 to 187. 100 96 98 Do. d0.,1888 Aupwci, 100 955 96, 96 iew Zealand 6 p cent 100 ova Scotia Gov. 6 p. c sterling, 1875. lOO 99 102 lueensland Gcv. 6p. c. 100 99 102 1001 4. Aus G0p.c.1873.& up. 100 106 108 _ trlo.Gov. p.o. Ja.&Jul) 100 - Do. io 6 p.a. An.&00.. 100 1081 109 . 1(81 95 BRITISH MINES. 2 'aintirian Consol. Gold 1 1 1 Chiverton 3 7 76 ;Lltiora Amalgamated.. 30 3.1 tevon G. Cons. (Taoist. I 680 590 Drakewal's .. . . 2.1.0. 11 cast Bassett(lllogan).. su 65 70 last Clogau Ciold. Ltd - - East Caradon ..... 1.14.. 265 271 , ast earn 8rea....... 75 71 East Grenville ......... 2.7.0. 75 8 East Lovell .. 2.13.6. 9 .0 95 i 4. W'l Russel (Tavintk. s 13. 45 5 laro.&St.Aubyn(Gwen 60 5 7 4 Great Laxey, Um...;... all 15 15 ,beat South. Tolgus.... i7t. 2 24 Wheal Vor (Holston 40 29 00 325 Irenville.. -1 er*d's-Foot 0.13 88 40 iingston Downs 4.18.. 441 Cady Bertha Ilargaret (any Lelani 91 6 8 , larke Valley.. 4 .1 yndv Iron Oro (Lim. 21 14 Nangiles.. • . lB 27 : 9 9ew betvn 215 75 85 forth Downs... 3 15 It North Roskear.. 295 21 21 Baseet(lllo4ac 3.1..6 15 21 - forth Wheal Crafty 2.80 31 45 Prosper Tovidenoe(Uny Lelni lO.O. 37 39 iouthCaradon(St.Cleei 11 100 520 Fran. (Illogan 18.18.1 425 47i ?tray Park rln Crott 9 18 19 Vest Basset (Illogan).. 15 8 9 • , V Cr radon (Liskeard 9 10 11 West Seton .Vhev,l Basset (Mogan 55 92 95 Wheal Buller(Redrutl, 10 17 19 WhealLudcott - Wheal AlaryAnn(lden 14 16 - Wheal Dann 584 205 215 - whealTrelawney (Lis. 7 19 21 Wheal Union 4 14 15 PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Western. West Mid., Newport perp. 6 per cent. prt opt. till '6O, 117 Midland, Leicester and Hitchin 4 per et., 91} 90j PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. South Eastern 5 per cent., 98 FOREIGN RAILWAYS., Antwerp and Rotterdam, 9k Bahia ancl i San Francisco k li,n.) gua. 7 per oent., 15} FOREIGN MINES ! Cape Copper, Hm., Cobre Copper, 30 Yudanamutana of S. Australia, 1im.,721 BANKS. Alliance (Um.), 51/ 1 Anglo Austrian, 71 Anglo-Italian, lira., 5} - Bonk of Wales, Rm., 171 City,ll`,3 Consolidated Bank, lira., lot - o English and Swedish, lim.. 14/ Hindustan, China, and Japan (Urn.). 81 Imperial Bank of jhina, India, and Japan, lira. 4 imperial Ottoman, 17 Land Mortgage Bank of India, Um., 5 4/ London and Couuty, 72 London Joint Stock, 45 London and 11. estminster, 97 Oriental Banx Corporation. 0 8i Scinde, Punjaub, and Delhi, lira., 121 South E astern, Um., 8 Union of Australia, 52 Union of Ireland, lira., 20 MISCELLANEOUS. Commercial Union, Insurance, Sk Ebbw Vale, 4 Fore-street Warehouse, lim., 6 Gen. Credit and Finance of London. Urn., 61 Imperial Mercantile Credit A seo., lim., 71 Indian Carrying, Um., International Financial z,ociety, Urn., 83 a Italian Irrigation (Canal Cav our , Ditto, 6 per cent. Bonds, rpdem. Ib7o, issued 00, 83) 41 Joint Stock Discount, lira.. 61 Land Securities, Lm , 4f M .dras Irrigation anti Iron Works, 41 London Financial Association, lim., 23 National Financial, Rm., 546 Ottoman Financial A sseciation, lim., 91 Royal Mail Steam, 951 AN ABSCONDING CLERGYMAN.—We deeply re gret to learn that a clergyman in this county, of high " evangelical" reputation, has suddenly disappeared, after borrowing considerable sums of money from more than one reverend friend, besides victimising also some lay admirers. It is said that he has started on a continental tour with a female for his companion, leaving his wife and children without any provision whatever for their support. The living will be immediately scquestered,—Zincanshire Chronicle, Paid Au SD an Sk_ 1 100 steck Stook stock 10 stoo , stool stook stock stook stook stool stock +toe) et ock B'ook Stusiness d7ll, 1101 I 91 10 THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDA Y EVENING, SEPTEMBER 17, 1864. LAW INTELLIGENCE--This Day, SHERIFFS' COURT. (Before Mr F. Gibbons.) SIIAKSPERE'S PORTRAIT-SINGULAIt CASE-ELLIS V. • POLAND This was an action to recover a sum of money for certain portraits of Shakepere and engravings of Shakspere's house, at Stratford-on-Avon. Defendant objected to the portraits because they were not like the original. (Laughter.) His Honour (11Ir Gibbons) would like to know who could decide the question, for there were half a dozen different portraits of Shakspere. DJ!endant produced two or three of the pictures sent in by plaintiff, and his Honour remarked that it appeared to be a very good likeness, taken from the celebrated Chandcs portrait. Plaintiff—That is exactly sa. Defendant had the pic tures for the fancy fair held for the benefit of the Dramatic College at the Crystal Palace. Defendant—Yes, but I could not sell th^m. His Honour—Let me see the engraving of the house, Well that is a very good one indeed. What is your objet- lion to it ? Defendant—There is a model brougham standing at the door. (Laughter.) His Honour (laughing)—l cannot see anything to corn plain din that. Perhaps you object to a tiger standing by the brougham. (Laughter.) Defendant—The pictures were sent on approval, and as they would not sell, I contend that plaintiff ought to take them back. Plaintiff—They have been so roughly used that I can not do so. Why defendant papered the whole of the in side of the Shakepere House at the Crystal Palace with en gravings, and I believe that some are actually nailed up. His Honour asked defendant how long he had kept the goods. Dafendant —Till the fair was over. His Honour thought that was too long. It was clear that the goods sent on approval ought to be returned im mediately they were found not to suit; Defendant assured the Court that the engravings were not at all damaged, and his Honour directed that they should be produced on a future day, when he could judge of the state they were in; and if plaintiff should receive them back upon certain terms. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This clay. WESTMINSTER. A ritomi ING YOUNG Wommi.—Eliribeth Corbett, girl apparently not more than 18 or 19 years of age, wa a chorged with the following outrageous conduct in St Luke's Workhouse, Chelsea. _ _ _ THAMES. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE EY A MONOMONIAC.—WiIIiam Chapman, a sailor, who appeared in a very excitable and restless condition, was brought before Mr Paget, charged with attempting to drown himself in the London Dock. Mr Juhn Hurley, tobacconist, of High-street, Shadwell, said that at 9 o'clock on Friday morning he saw the pri soner deliberately jump into:the water. He gave an alarm and men put off in boats, and with grapnels and drags took the poor fellow out of the water. The prisoner appealed nearly gone when he was recovered from the water, and it great attention had not been paid to him he would have perished. Mr Paget asked the prisoner what he had to say to the charge ? Prisoner—The Lord ordered me to do it, Mr Paget—The Lord ordered you to do it I When did He order you to do this l Prisoner—Yes, Sir, about 9 o'clock in the morning in the London'Dock, while I was standing by the side of the water. Mr Paget—Did you see the Lord. Prisoner—Yes, your Worship, He told me to go in the water. He was standing at the Dock. He said he had a commission for me. Mr Paget How long have yon had the commission ? Prisoner—Since Saturday night last. Mr Paget thought the prisoner was suffering from de [ilium tremens. A gentleman connected with the ship to which the pri soner belongs said there was no doubt the prisoner was labouring under delirium tremens. He was drunk for many days in succession, and left off suddenly on Saturday night last. The prisoner here interposed, and said, " I know what you are talking about. You think lam mad, but lam not. I have had a call from God." Mr Paget remanded the prisoner to the Clerkenwell House of Datention, and directed that an inquiry should be made into the state of his mind. The prisoner, as he was leaving the dock, said, " You had better mind what you are about, or you will all be brought up for judgment." , FEDERAL SUBSTITUTES.—/V New York paper publishes the following extract from a letter written by a member of the 11th New Hampshire Regiment : Of the 300 that started for our regiment last winter only 175 ever reached it, and these were Italians, Spaniards, Irishmen, Dutchmen, Frenchmen, Englishmen, Australians, Portuguese, and Hungarians. Do not think this exagger ated, for there were men from all these nations, and pro bably some others were. represented that I do not think of. On the way from Tennessee to Annapolis the majority of the 175 left us, and glad we were to get rid of them. It is the same all through the army. We have under guard now six Frenchmen, one Indian, one half•bred, one Spaniard, five Irishmen, and the remainder I should judge were a glomeration of all races under the sun. Last week we had one Turk and a couple of Australians. The next quota I expect we shall have a coul le of hyenas and a whole battalion of apes. If the people of the North are not will'ng to help us to fight the rebellion, but to every call for more troops they Bond us nothing but these miserable things, we shall soon have scarcely any army left, and the war must cease for that very reason."— MOUNTAIN SLIDES.—Earth, or rather mountain, slides, compared to which the catastrophe that bilricd Willey family, in New Hanipshife, Was but a pinch of dust have of ten occurred in the Swiss, Italian, and French Alps. The land slip which overwhelmed, and covered to the depth of seventy feet, the town of nuts in the valley of the Maira, on the night of the 4th of September, 1618, sparing not a soul of a population of 2,430 inhabitants, is one of the most memorable of these catastrophes, and the fall of the Rossberg or Rufiberg, which destroyed the little town of Gcldau, in Switzerland, and 450 of its pimple, on the 2nd September, 1806, is almost equally celebrated. In 1771, accoreing to Wessely, the mountain peak Piz, near Alleghe, in the province of Belluno, slipped into. the bed of the Cordevole, a .tributary of the Piave, destroying in its fall three hamlets and 00 lives. The rubbish filled the valley Jrf a dist Ince of nearly two miles, and, by darnm'ag up the waters of the Cordevole, formed a lake of about three miles long and 150 ft deep, which still subsists, though reduced to half its original length by the wearing down of its outlet. On Feb. 14, 1635, the hill of Belmonte, a little below the parish of Ban Stefano, in Tus cany, slid into the valley of the Tiber, which e nese esently flooded the Village to the depth of 60ft, and was finally drained off by a tunnel. The mass of debris is stated to have been about 3,500 feet long, 1,000 wide, and not less :than 600 high. Such displacements of earth and rocky strata rise io the magnitule of geological convulsions, but they are of o rare occurrence in countries still covered by the primitive forest, so common where the mountains have been stripped of their native covering, and in many cases so easily expli cable by the drenching of incoheeive earth foam rain, or the :re() admission of water between the strata of rocks—both of which a coating of vegetation would have prevented, that we ire justified in ascribing them for the most part to the same cause as that to which the destructive effects of mountain torrents aro chit fly due—the felling of the woods. In nearly every case of this sort the circumstances of which are known, the immediate cause of the slip has been either an earthquake, the imbibition of water in large quantities by bare earth, or its introduction between or beneath solid strata. If water insinuates itself between the strata it creates a sliding surface, or it may, by its expansion in :reefing, separate beds of rock, which' had been nearly continous before, widely enough to allow the gravitation - of the superincumbent mass to overcome the resistance afforded by inequalities of face and by friction; if it finds it way beneath hard earth or rock reposing on clay or other bedding of similar properties, it converts the support ing layer into a semi-fluid mud, which opposes no obstacle to the sliding of the strata above,—" Alan analfature," by _ G. P. MOM. Salmon, is Od to is 6d ; trout, Od to Od ; eels, 8d to is ; prawns, Os; pike, skate, sturgeon, and halibut, 6d per lb ; turbots, 9s 6d to 30s ; cod, 2s Od to 102 Od ; brills, is Od to 7s Od ; doreys, is Od to 3s Od ; mullets, Os Gd to is Od ; lobsters, is 6d to 4s ; crabs, is to 4s Od ; plaice and gurnets, Od to Os Od each; soles, is to 2s 6d per pair; common oysters, 18s to 40s ; natives, 65s to 84s per bush. ; whitings, 3s Od to 10s; haddocks, Gs to 40s ; smelts, Os Od to Os Od; flounders, Os Od per dozen; mackerel, 40s to —s per 120 ; fresh herrings, 8s to Os per 100; blo a ters, Os to Os per 100; carp and tench, Os Od to Os per brace. ItIARKETS—This Day. COVENT GARDEN• The show of fruit and vegetables at our market to-day is seasonably large. Most kinds of produce command a moderate sale at the annexed currencies : PRIIIT. s. d. s. 7 d. s. d. s d Pine apple s 6 oto 0 IVlulberries,pr pt 0 4to 0 6 Foreign do., each 1 oto 2 6 Cherries, per lb. 0 oto 0 0 Grapes,per lb 2 oto 5 0 Foreign ditto, punt) oto 0 0 Foreign do 0 otoo , 0 Filberts, per lb .. 0 Bto 1 0 Melons .... Nectarines, per dz oto 0 0 Cobnuts, per lb .. 00to 0 0 Apples, per hf-sv. 1 6to 2 6 Almonds, per bus 0 oto 0 6 Pears, per do Oranges, per 100..10 0 to 14 O i re a ches, per d 0... 3 0 to 10 0 Lemons, per 100 6 oto 8 0 I Currants, per h.sv 0 oto 0 0 Gooseberries hf aye i oto 0 o I Plums, per do. .. 2 6to 3 I, Strawberries pr pt 0 oto 0 0 reengages, pr do. 2 6to 3 6 vEGETABLEs. Greens, dz bunch 4 oto 5 0 Shallots, per lb .. 0 o to 0 9 Cabbages, pr doz 1 9to 4 0 Horseradish, pdn 1 oto 1 . 3 Savoy do., pr dz. 00 00 ttoo 0 0 Celery, parsley' p p er er d d it i 13.1 d dittoditto 0 1 0 0 t t o o 0 1 ( i ) ., Cauliflowers, pdz 0 9to 2 0 I Beet, per doz. .. 0 oto 0 0 0 Brocoli sprouts 0 oto 0 0 i P ar snips, per do. 0 o to 0 Potatoes, per ton 8) oto , 20 Small salad, p. pn, 0 oto 0 0 New ditto, pr cwt 0 oto 0 0 i Mushrooms, p pt. 0 oto 0 C Turnips, dz bunch 3 6to 4 6 Artichokes, each 0 oto 0 0 Carrots, pr do 4 6 to 5 6: Cus lett, score .. 10 oto 1 .3 Cucumbers 0 4to 1 0 )I,lint and savory.. 0 oto 0 0 Garlic, per lb Sorrel, per sieve 0 oto 0 o', Radishes, dz hnds 0 oto 0 0 Green peas, th-sv. 0 oto u 0 Tomatoes, doz... 0 oto 0 0 Wrench beans,h.s. 2 ot o 2 6 Chillies, per ditto 0 o to 0 0 Onions, doz. ba.. 1 oto 2 0 f Capsicums, per do 0 oto 0 0 New Do., dz bun 0 to 0 0' Rh u barb, per bun 0 o to 0 0 Spinach .. 0 oto 0 0! Asparagus, pr do. 0 oto 0 0 Brussels sprouts 0 oto 0 0 I Seakale, per bun. 0 oto 0 0 HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £4 Os to £5 15s ; clover: £5 Os to £6 15s ; and straw, Ll 8s to Ll 12s per load Trade firm. CUMRERLAND.—Meadow hay, £4 to £5 15s ; clover, £ 5 to £6 155 Od ; and st raw , £1 85 to £1 12s per load. A steady demand. WIIITECHAPEL,--Meadow hay, £4 to £5 15s ; clover, £5 to £6 lf;s; and straw, £1 85 to £ t 12s per load. An active inquiry. _ . POULTRY. Turkeys, Os Od to Os Od ; gee se, 6s Od to 7s Od each ; goslings, 4s to 4s 6d ; d uc k s 2s Od to 3s Od ; duckl in g s, Os Od to Os Od; rabbits, is Od to is 6(1 ea ch; wild do., 10(1 to is ld ; pigeons, Os 6d to Os 9d each; Surrey fowls, 8s Od to 12s ; chickens, 55 Od to 7s 01 ; barn door fowls, 3s Od to Os Od ; capons, Os Od ; hares, 3s Od to 3s 63 ; ptarmigan, Os Od to Os Od each •, pheasants, Os to Os Od ; partridges, Is 3d to 2s ; woodcocks, Os to Os Od ; snipes, Oa to Os Od; teal, Os Od to Os Od ; wild ducks, Os Od to Os Od ; widgeons, Os Od to Os Od ; plovers, Os 0(1 to Od each; guinea fowls, Os Od to Os Od; roasting pigs, Os Od to Os Od each; Ostend fresh butter, is to is ; English, is 2d to is 4d per lb ; English eggs, 9s Od to 8s 6d ; French do., 6s Od to 7s Od per 100 ; leverets, is 6d to 4s Od ; grouse, 2s 6d to 3s 6d. BILLINGSGATE. NEWPORT. Beof, from 2s 10d to 48 4d mutton, 3s 83 to 4s 8d ; lamb, Oa Od to Os Od ; veal, 3s 8d t o 4 s ed ; an d pork, Zs 6d to 4s 8d per 81bs, by the carcase. WHITECILIPEL. Beef, from 28 10d to 4s 4d; mutton, 3s 8d to 4s 8d ; veal, 33 8d to 4s Gd; and pork, 38 Gd to 4s 8d per 81b8 by the carcase. Toci-Toni made running at a strong pace to the Red ; house, where Ely took a clear lead,f ollowed, next' the rails, 'by Mr Scott's filly and Coast Guard, .to which three the race was reduced as they entered' the straight. At the dis tance the favourite increased his lead, and finally won, without an effort, by eight lengths. Coast Guard, passing Tooi-Tooi in the last stride, secured the second money by three quarters of a length, and Peon trotted in fourth, Brindisi was fifth, Narbonne sixth, and Columbine next; the last three being Alabama, Washington, and Durham. Coast Guard pulled up lame. The Scurry Stakes of 5 sous each, with 50 added ; for 2-yr olds and upwards; weight for age, with selling allow ances. Red-house in. 6 subs. Lord Westmoreland's Doeford, 2 yrs, sst Illb (£5O) (J. Grimahaw) 1 Sir J. Hawley's S. Alexis, 5 yrs, Bst 7lb (£5O) Fordham) 2 Mr Sidney's Chiegot the Jester, 3 yrs, 7st 101 b (£5O) (King) 3 Mr IL Owen's The Doctor, 3 yrs, 7st 71b (£5O) Morgan) 0 Mr Wood's Lady Mary, 3 yrs, Tat 71b (£5O) (Warrington) 0 Betting—Even agat Doeford, 2 to 1 agst St. Alexis, and 7 to 1 agst any other. Doeford made the whole of the running, and won cle verly by three parts of a length. A bad third. The winner was bought in for 120 guineas. The Doncaster Cup, value 300 soya, for 3-yr-olds and up wards ; weight for age, with certain penalties and allow. ances. About two miles and five furlongs. Lord Glasgow's General Peel, 3 yrs, 7st 31b (inc. 31b ex.) (H. Covey) 1 Baron Rothschild's Hippolyta, 3 yrs, 6,t 111 b (J. Grimshaw) 2 Mr Laund's Miner, 3 yre, 7sl .. (Whiteley) 3 Lord Glasgow's Rapid Rhone, 4 yrs, Bst 511., (carried Sat 61b) (Aldcroft) 4 Betting-5 to 4 agst General Peel, sto 2 agat Hippolyla, and 100 to 30 agst Miner. Miner made the running, followed in Indian file by Hip polyta, Rapid Rhone, and General Peel, the pace being wretched until they reached the foot of the hill, where it mended. At the Red House the favourite headed his stable companion, and came on in waiting upon the leaders, When within the distance Miner gave way beaten, and Hippolyta went on with the running, but as they neared the enclosure Covey brought up the General, who had his adversary beaten in a few strides, and won with great ease by a head. Miner cantered in a bad third. The Nursery Plate of 200 sous, for 2-yr-olds. Last mile. Mr Merry's Vest colt, Tat 71b (II. Covey) I Mr J. Osborne's Wild Poppy, 7st . . ( Whiteley) 2 Mr G. W. Morris's Club Queen, Gst 91b (Carroll) 3 The following also ran :—Pinch filly, Sweet Jessie, Lady Sykes, Mongrel, Camball, Spice, Defy, Dames Sykes filly, Purity, Anonyma, Renfrew, Proviso, Moll Flagon, Lop ear, Cochrane, and Rose of Denmark. Betting-5 to 2 agst Proviso, sto 1 agst Moll Flagon, 10 to 1 each agst Spice and Lady Cochrane, 12 to 1 each agst the Vest, colt and Camball, and 20 to 1 each apt Lop-ear, the Pinch filly, Wild Poppy, and Renfrew. After several failures Moll Flagon, the Vest colt, Proviso, the Pinch filly, Lady Cochrane, and Wild Poppy got away in advance auel ran in company to the bend, where Moll Flagon gave way, followed shortly afterwards by the favou rite. Halfway in the distance the Vest colt came away, closely followed by Wild Poppy and Club Queen, the Vest colt winning by halt a length; two lengths between the second and third; Proviso was fowl!), Renfrew filth, and Lady Cochrane sixth ; Lady Sykes was next, and Defy the absolute last. The Pafk-hill Stakes of 60 sovs each, It ft, for 3 yr-olds ; fillies, Bst 101 b. St Leger Course. 18 subs, Mr Robinson's Battaglia (Noble) 1 Lord Glasgow's Sister to Drake Captain Gray's Syren (S. Adams) 3 Mr T. Rowland's Molly Carew (Etawes) 4 Lord Zetland's Bandarilla Mr Savile's Columbine (Goater) 6 Betting-6 to 4 egst Sister to Drake, 2to 1 aget Banda rills, and 5 to 1 agst Molly Carew. Battaglia got away in advance of the favourite, made all the running, and won easily by a head; three lengths be tween the second and third. A Sweepstakes of 200 soya °sob, h ft, for 3-yr-olds ; colts, Bat 101 b ; fillies, Sat 51b. The second saved her stake. St Leger Course. 6 subs. Lord Stanford's Cambuscan... (Edwards) 1 Mr R. C. Naylor's Gazzi Ladra ....(Challoner) 2 Betting-10 to lon Cambuscan. Won by 20 lengths. HORSES STRUCK OUT OF THEIR ENGAGE MENTS. June 6, Forager, out of Doncaster St Leger. Sept 8, at 3 25 p,m., Advance, out of Portland Plato and Two Year Old Stakes on Tbursday at Doncaster. Sept 9, at 12.55 p,m., Rufford, out of Champagne Stakes, at Doncaster — Rigolboch e , ou t o f Doncaster engagements. Sept 10, at 9 a,m., P r i ncess o f Wales, LaednyTareemdeegnatrs, and Pixie, out if Doncast er engagements --B er k e l e y, o ut of Doncaster Plate. _ At 11.30 a . m , Si s t er M ar y, out of Two Yea. d Handicap, at Doncaster. At 3.40 p.m., Lucky aster engagements. Star, out of Dui,: Sept 12, at 9 a.m., Typ::::on, Jack Frost, Blue Bell, and Black Duchess, out of Doncastet engag ements —colt by and , Mam- Orlando, out of Ludy Palmerston'a dam, by....17' head, out of St Leger—.Mamhead, Secrecy, and A..2unie Glen, out of Doncaster Stakes—Chalybeate, out of Park Hill Stakes, Doncaster—Windham, Bonus, and Hymettus out of St Leger. At 11 a.m., all Mr Ten Broeck's horses out of age-for-weight races closed to date, at Doncaster. At 12.55 p.m., Birdfinder, out of Portland Plate, Doncaster. At 4.10 p.m., all Mr Hodgman's horses, out of St Leger, After 6 p.m., Lord of Eltham, Con traband, and Chesterfield, out of all engagements. 1864. At 10 p.m., Siva, out of all engagements, 1864. At 11.50 am , all Mr Saxon's horses (except Jane Shore, Rose of Denmark, and Lady Cochrane), out of Don caster engagements. Sept 13, at 9 a.m., Golden Cross, out of all engagements -=Mountain Buck, out of Doncaster engagomen s—Green land, out of Caritorbltry engagements. At 10.10 p.m., Hot Shot, out of Ayr Gold Cup. At 3.6 pin., Lord Waldegrave, out of all engagements, 1864. At 3.16 p.m., The Cripple, out of all handicaps to date. At 6 p.m., Midnight Mass , out of Doncaster engagements. Sept 14, at 0.7 p.m., Wortham, out of La ties' Plate, Bre con. At 10.35 a.m , East Lancashire, out of Doncaster Cup. At 8,48 p.m., Blair Athol and Caller On, out of the Cambridgeshire Mtakes, At 10 p.m„ Caller Ou, out of the Doncaster Cup. Sept 15, at 7.45 a.m., King of Utopia, OUt of Cleveland Handicap, Doncaster. At 9.15 a.m., Sister Mary, out of all engagements this year, except Hendon. At 2 p:ut., Blair Athol, out of Doncaster Cup and Stakes. Sept 16, at 9 a.m., Mountain Doe, out of Brecon engage ments. AN ENGLISH DESERTER.—A non.commissioned officer its the garrison of Kingston, Canada West, received last month a letter dated from the camp before Petersburg, written by a deserter who, signing, himself anonymously "A Gunner of the Royal Artillery," is well known. The writer says, "I am sorry that I was such a foul as to be persuaded to come over here, where you are driven about worse than niggers. Please to tell my com rades not to be guid ed by them crimps, for they tell you that you'll get 800 dole„ but it is no such thing ; all you get is 100 dots., and that they will rob you of if you chn't look out. I will tell you who brought me over; , If you go and search their house you will find some of my clothes there. Them men ought to be severely punished, for I tell you its nothing better than trading with a lot of cattle. There are some more that are trying to got away, and they say they will get them away in spite of you. Please tell them if they know when they are well cff they will stop where they are, unless they want to be treated worse than slaves. Please to put this in the papers, so as no other soldier shall beduped. Please tell them not to belie've their , ---- lies, for it is all false ; what they want is to sell them as slaves. They - ought to be found out and punished. I would freely do four years to be back again. Please let my comrades see this." Despatches were yesterday sent from the Colonial Office to the Governors of the West India blands, Hondu ras, Vancouver's Island, and British Columbia, The King of Dahomey. -.---- Yesterday, at the meeting of the British Association, Captain H. H. BURTON' read a paper on " The Ethnology of Dahomey,•' of which the following is a pretty full re port : SECOND EDITION. SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 4 O'CLO CK. I GERMANY. The Cologne Gazette of the 13th says—" The States of Southern Germany appear to be rosign, ing themselves to the reconstitution of the Zo rein. A letter from Studtgard states that the Minister of Finance urgently demands that tb.e new Zollverein shall be adhered to before the list of October, and the King of Wurtembzrg is :mid to have stated in private conversations that the non acceptance of the French Treaty of Csrtraartec o wee iinposkible. In Blvaria M de Schrenk, it is true, is said to have declared that ho would never sax his signature to that document, but his refusal may be got over. There is at present no Minister of Cam.. fierce in that country, although the Budget prov ides for the formation of such a ministry, and grants the funds of the Minister's salary. Oae will there fore be appointed who may sign the treaty without that fact preventing M de Schreak from remain ing President of the Council." THIRD EDITION SUN OFFICE, ~1X O'CLOCK. THE ARRIVAL OF MULLER, BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from id to 7d, of household do., 5d to 6d per 41b loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, 2d to 3d 641 b to 721 b, 3d to 3,1 d ; 721 b to 801 b, 3d to 32d ; 801 b to 881 b, 31d to 41d ; 881 b to 961 b, 4d to sd; 961 b to 1041 b, 5d to kid ; 1041 b to 1121b,—d to —d. Horse hides, 10s Od to lls Od ; calf skins, light, 2s Od to 4s Od ; full, 7s 6d to Os Od ; polled sheep, 5s Od to Gs Od; half-breds, 4s 4d to 4s 9d; Downs, 3s Ltd to 4s 3d; lambs, 3s 6d to 78 Od. A Flapper for the Admiralty. Under this title " Caveto" has the following good and well-timed article in the Examiner of to-day : Sir, —Always doing, seldom done, and when done 'badly done at an enormous cost, is the motto of our Board of Ad miralty. The Times occasionally thunders at them, but it is generally distant thunder, the _Daily Telegraph speaks out, the AT my and Naay Gazette sometimes groans with a per turbed spirit, and sometimes is satirical. Alt in vain, the great proprietor of the borough of Totnes, the ducal bearer of Britannia's trident, assures the House of Lords that he rules the waves, and Rear. Admiral Lord Clarence Paget, as Mr Disraeli assures us, hitches up his trowsers, and in a manly, British, mariner-like manner repute " how many bells it is," when his grace replies, " Make it so," and the _ _ Houses of Lords ar,d Commons are satisfied with that briet account of their affairs in true man of war fashion. The time may come, however, w hen disaster must cause the country to overhaul the Admiralty logs in a sharper spirit, fur I feel convinced that disaster alone can achieve that good end. Is it not disgraceful that, instead of arming our ships after the manner and power of other nations, we lag behind them all P Every foreign man-of•war which takes to the sea is armed with the moat effective guns, while our boasted armour-clads sail up and down the channel, their officers feed and are fed by mayors and corporations, and while the people rejoice in their noble appearance, old sea men shake their heads, and exclaim, looking at their de ficient armaments, "Lucky we are not at war.' I find the following passage in the last number of the Army and Navy (mutt& "Defence, armour-plated iron screw steamship, Captain Augustus Phillimore, 3,720 tons, 600 horse-power, arrived at Bristol on Wednesday, and Captain Phillimore immedi ately addressed a letter to the mayor of the city, announce. Of course to be admired ; no doubt her construction as a man-of-war is admirable, but then her armament ought to be equally worthy of admiration. Now what is that arma ment ? Why it consists of ten of the old Brown Bess family of smooth-bored 68-pounders, and eight of Arm strong's useless breech-loading whisker -Bingeing 100- pounder rifled guns. " What a falling off was there!" Kearsage was armed, let us now look at a passage in the sloop of war Philadelphia, has been ordered to be Service Gazette. from the United " The iron-clad frigate New Ironsides, now repairing at Federaleen AhomwertthottertANrcaevri; a all possible despatch. She has been thoroughly overhauled, and it is ascertained that she received but little damage new battery of 11-inch Dahlgren guns prepared for sea with while in. Charleston harbour. She will have an entirely navy yard and two new 150- pounder Parrott rifles, The work on the new screw frigates at the Philadelphia the vessels are expected to be as go od as any Which will be is progressing finely, and turned out at any of the yards." Be it understood that the 1.50-pounder Parrott rifled get:: take the carrying heavy charges of powder, can pierce any plates as yet inVonted. Verily the Americans are wide awake, the of Admiralty, " the throstle cock's head of their navy bereau sleepeth not, but as for our Board 1 have now, sir, called your readers' attention to the West. Let the direct their observation to the North. What are the Russians about ? They are employing our engineers to make their guns; as for their ;ships, following fro.n the Observer .4 " The Russian fleet has just been strengthened by the addition of a magnificent iron-elad frigate, called the Sevas topol, which was launched in the Cronstadt docks on the 24th ult, It is stated to be one of the largest and most for midable of attlied Veseels yet constructed in Ilttropee She nearly equals the Black Prince and Warrior in her dimen sions) and far exceeds those of the (Moire and N orman di e. At her line of flotation she measures 3JO feet in length, and her greatest, breadth is OA sin. When r ea d y for ilea she will dealt 00ft at the poop) and 24ft at the chains. Her plates are 4iin. thick, fastened to a double cowing of teak from bin. to Gin, thick. Her engines will have a nominal force of 800 horse poster) and , she will be a rme d w i t h stee l g uns of the greate st calibr.' Well, here is a nice NtUstleVy duck for our Waters! In the time of the old Franco-Russian war, the French used to of the Russian soldiers that the say they Were very brave fel (bete), that lows, brit so 'Utterly stupid , when you had killed them it was necessary to knock them down to convince them they were dead. This I dere say is applicable enough to the Russian serf soldiery) not so to their officers, who are gene . rally as poliehed as they are brave, and as well informed as these ot any service in Europe. In the last war the Rus sians had to sink their own ships ; take care, in the event of another war, th at they don't sink yours. Had we not better set the Flappers to arouse the Lords of the Sleepy Islands? We have lost our best chance ot putting an end to the brutal slaughter and demoralisation of the Americans of the die-United States. Neither side thank us nor like us ; the Northerners hate us consumedly. Had we taken the part of the Southerners, away would have gone the great Monroe doctrine, away would have skedaddled the spirit of filibustering, away would have vanished all ideas of annexing the Canadas. Thu South would have been closely connected with England. A nation of growers would have naturally sought a league of importers. We should have commanded peace and secured its blessings, Let the Yankees and S e cessioners make pea ce , an d h ow l ong w ill you enjoy it ? If they unite, look out for an attempt to clip the Britiahcrs' wings' Ido not mean to say that we have taken a wrong course. perhaps we have adopted the soundest of the two, because most consistent with political morality, if there be such a thing; but I am not at all convinced that it is either the safest course, or one most conducive to the immediate interests of the country- At all events, with the note of preparation all around us, it is no time for our Ad miralty to indulge in their unwholesome slumbers. CELITECII RATES AT STAPLEHURST.—At the in stance of Mr Henry Hoare, churchwarden of StaPlehurst, 25 summonses have lately been served on the inhabitents for church rate, ranging front 3d to 203. On the day of hearing at Cranbrook Petty Sessions, none of the parties summoned were in attendance. The bench adjudicated 17 cases, and in 14 made orders for payment forthwith with coats. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, DONCASTER RACES,-FRIDAY. The Don Stakes of 50 sous each, h ft, for 3-yr-olds; colts, Bst 101 b; fillies, Bst 71b. Last mile. 6 subs. Mr IL. C. Naylor's b c The Beaver (Challoner) 1 Captain Gray's b c King George (F. Adams) 2 Mr Bone's Coup d'Etat (Custance) 3 Betting-6 to 4 agst The Beaver, 7to 4 agst King George, and 3 to 1 agst Coup d'Etat. The two favourites raa in close company, King George having a slight lead, which he retainedito the distance, where The Beaver headed him, and won after a fine race by a head. A bad third, The Town Plato (handicap) of 100 sovs, for 3 yr•olds and upwards. Red House in. Sir J. Hawley's Washington, 3 yrs, Git 41b (Mordan) 1 Mr K. H. Jones's Skylark, 3 yrs, 6,t 8:b (Cranshaw) 2 Mr York's Lytham, 3 yrs, Get 1015 The following also ran • —Argonaut, Lady Louisa, New market, G illus, Trumps, Durham, The Beadle, Rapture, Petitioner, Jane Shore, Clairvoyante, and Farnham. Betting-2 to 1 agst Washirgtou, 6to 1 each agst Beadle and Lytham, 10 to 1 each agst Lady Louisa and Durham, 10J to 8 agst Gallus, and 100 to 6 agst Clait voyante. After a tedious delay at the post, caused by Clairvoyanto refusing to face his horses, the fl ig was lowered. Jane Shore got off in front, followed by Lytham (next the rails), Skylark, and Washington, in which order they ran to the bend, where Lytham took a clear lead. At the stand ho was collared by the favcurite, who, after a fine race, won by a length; the same distance between the second and third ; Clairvoyante was fourth, Lady Louisa fifth, Rapture sixth, aad Beadle and Jane Shore headed the next lot; the last two were Trumps and Farnham, the latter of whom had been left at the post. The Doncaster Stakes of 10 sovs each, with 100 added, for 3-yr-.lds; colts, Bst 101 b; fillies, Bst 6'b; the second received 60 sous, Last mile and a half. 87 subs. Mr W. S. Cartwright's Ely .. (Custance) 1 Mr W. Hudson's Coast Guard .. (Challoner) 2 Mr J. Scott's Tooi-Tooi The following also ran :—Peon, Washington, Brindisi, Narbonne, Columbine, Alabama, and Durham. Betting-6 to 4 Ely, and sto 1 agst Peon. "In the year 1863 and 1864 I twice visited Dahomey, a country the savage and somewhat peculiar customs of which have made for it a name in Europe. My first flying trip lasted one month—from May 18 to June 17. It extended only t• Kana, a ruined town where the King Tillagiatura was in country quarters. The second visit was prolonged to nearly three months, between Dec. 8, 1863, and February 26, 1861, and its length enabled me to learn a modicum of the Don, or national language. I am induced to offer the following remarks in the belief that my experi ence will rectify many popular fancies. Few places in Africa have been more ccp:ously written of than Dahomey, and yet so well informed a journal as the Saiw they Re view (July 4, 1863) gravely tells its readers that "the King of Dahomey has letely been indulging in a sacrifice of 2,000 human beings, simply in deference to a national prejudice, and to keep up the good old customs of the country." II will presently appear how the reviewer ruisund , re tood the matter. And first of the word Dahomey—not Daho'me. The esieterce of this once great military empire was first made known to Europe by a letter dated Abouey, Nov. '27, 1724, addressed by Mr. B. Lamb or Lambe, agent for the English African Company, to Mr Tucker, the Commandant of the English Fort Whydah. In it he describes, as an eye witness, the dreadful slaughter of the people cf Allada, an island and independent city, by the conquering King Aga gia Dosu cf Dahomey, "when there was no stirring for bodies without heads, and had it rained blood it could not have been thicker on the ground." Yet the Kings of the rival settlements were Scotch cousins after the following fashion; "About 1620, an old and wealthy chief of Allada Proper, died, and left his dominions to his three sons. These agreed that the eldest should reign in his father's stead, which he did in peace and prosperity, under the name of Allude Khosa, or King of Allada. ' De' the youngest or some say, the second, invaded the upper waters of our charts, and founded Hwebona,' which we have since known as Little Ardrah, or Porto Novo. Hence the Dahee mien King still calls him of Hwebona brother, although now under French protection. . . The little province of Ukwaur belonged to a chief named Aursee, who allowed the ambitious stranger to settle there, Dalto, by degrees be coming powerful, encroached upon a neighbouring king dom, Dauh, meaning the shade in the rainbow. As his. followers greatly increased, and he was even seeking more ground from Dauh, the latter exclaimed in truth, Son, thou wilt build upon my stomach.' Dauh bided his time, slew the king, and erected upon his corpse the old palace of Dahon•, meaning the Dauh's stomach. Hereupon the Ffons changed their name to Dahomans, and thu., about 1625, arcse the once great military empire familiar to the ears of Europe. The extent and population of Dahomey has been grossly exaggerated. Its superficies cannot be more than 4,000 square miles. Commissioner Forbes put its po pulation down at 200,000 ; M. Walloon, 900,000 ; Commo dore Wilmot, 180,000. I would reduce it to 150,000, of whom perhaps four-fifths are women and children. The population is not a third of what the country could support. The annual withdrawal of both sexes from industry to slave hunting and the customs of the capital, the lack of repro duction in Amazons, and the losses by disease, have made the country in parts a desert. So contemptible is the Afri can Power which is perhaps the best known throughout Europe. Capt. W. S, Cumming is the first Englishman that visited a Dahoman monarch. Since his day (1726) the custom has been regularly kept up. . . The grand cus toms take placeonly after the death of a king. They cele brate the annual rites in splendour and in bloodshed. Tra vellers giva terrible accounts of the slaughter which accom pules the rites. Dalzell (1791) said they lasted three months, and were marked almost every day with human blood. Capt. Taylor and Mr Hogg, Governor of Appalonia, were present, and both affirm that not less than 500 men, women, and children, were sacrificed. The last grand cus toms were performed in November, 1850, by the present so • vereign, in honour of the manes of his father. The horrors of the rite were exaggerate I with ridiculous adjuccts. It was reported that the King floated a canoe and paddled himself in a tank full of human blood. The report arise from the custom of collecting the gore of the victims in pits about 2ft deep and 4ft diameter. The reports of Wesleyan missionaries show that very little change has taken place in regard to the number of victims. The yearly customs form continuations of the grand custom, and periodically supply a departed monarch with fresh attendants in a shadowy world, The Dahomians declare that this world is man's plantation, and the next is his home. They of course own no future state of rewards and punishments. The number of victims has been greatly swoilen by report. Mr James at the beginning of the present century found the maximum of three several years to be 65. Commissioner Forbes owns that in the later years of the Ring's reign, not more than 36 heads fell. Daring my second visit 40 men were put to death. I presume that an equal number of women were sent to the next world, but if so the executions took place within the place. The men were all criminal and war cap tives. No innocent Bahamian is ever killed on these occa sions, and the King imprisons these accused of capital offences. He is so particular about the lives of his subjects that throughout the empire coroner's inquests must follow every death, and certify that it has not been violent. 'The time cf execution is the hour of darkness. The public stays within doors under pain of death, The King per- sonally suporintends the executiuns. Some are clubbed and others are beheaded by the Mingham, or Premier. The second Minister also takes his part in the tragedy. After death the bodies are exposed in the market place for a few days, after which they are thrown into the city ditch. I. is not, however, at the customs that the great loss of life takes place. At in the city of Great Benin and at Thomasi, the capital of Ashanti, almost every day wit• nesses some deed of blood. Whatever action, however trivial, is performed by the King, it must be reported to his sire. A victim, almost always a war captive, it chosen, the message is delivered to him, an intoxicating draught of rum follows it, and he is despatched in the best of humours. I heard of only one case where the victim ob jected to lose his life; but those who were prepared for the customs which I witnessed sat looking at the various cere monies beating time to the music, and eyeing all my move ments. At my request the King pardoned about half of them, but no man thanked me. There are two ethnological particulars in Dahomey which require notice—the corpo real du •lity of the King and the precedence of women over men. The monarch is double, two kings in one. Iha King has two courts, masculine and feminine, and the high ail cars of both courts correspond in name and dignity. . Of the Amazons about two-thirds are said to be maidens— a peculiar body in Africa—the remaining third having been married. The fighting are not de fac o married to the Bing, but it may take place at his discretion. The Amazons affect male attire, especially when in uniform. There is nothing savage or terr.blo in their appearance. When young they are compelled to dance, to tales violent exer,ise, which ren ders them somewhat lean. As they advance in years they grow in weight, and many of them are subjects for the treatment of Mr Banting. The soldiers are not divided into regiments. There are, however, three distinct bodies. The King generally pays distinguished strangers the compli ment of placing them in command. I had this honour, but was not entitled even to inspect my corps. In 1863 I saw all thetr women troops marching on service out of Kann, and a careful computation gave a grand total of 2,038 ; but of these one-third or one-half were unarmed or half armed. Tuesday, March 15, 1864, the present King carried out his favot , .... -ite project—an attack upon Abeponta, wh ere hi s father in the ame and fame. The attempt was contemp tible xid resulted in a loss of 1,000 kill e d bad lots eat :2 reme, and about 2,000 captured, Thus Dahomey yearly loses prestige. - JOHN FROST, THE CHAR TIST.— ble John Frost, the well known Chartist leader of Monmouthshire, has lately reappeared in public. Since his return to this country through the Queen's clemency he has lived in re tirement at Stapleton, near Bristol. In his 84th year, as he tells us, a hale and hearty man, he is now engaged in writ ing a series of letters to a Newport contemporary, the Star of Gwent; and it is curious to see how the opinions of this once formidable leader of the mob have been toned down by time and circumstances. Adversity has, no doubt, done much, and it is not presuming to believe that the gradual, safe, and satisfactory progress of our political system has not left even for Chartism, at least in its formidable guise, a leg to stand upon. In one of his letters Frost gives interesting details of his life after he was convicted. On his way to Van Diemees Land in the Mandarin convict ship, he was asked to join a mutiny. " When we were within a few days' sail of the Cape of Good Hope a prisoner brought me a letter. The writer was a prisoner, a smart little man. He had been a mate of a ship, and was pretty 7ell educated. It was handed to me with great caution, as if i t c . :2ntained something to be knoin to me only. I read it, In this lett,: I was informed ' that it was the determina tion of the far greater ;art of the prisoners. me, they begged to take possession of the ship; that, having grey.. confidence confidence me to join in the plan; and the wree.er assured me that my orders should be obeyed.' This letter put ru, into an awkward position. To conceal it from the superintendent, should the fact conic to his knowledge, would have been deemed a :rune, and of the worst sort. On the other hand, Idi 1 not likt: to betray the writer. I showed the letter to Mr Williams. He seemed to favour the experiment. Let us look at the matter carefully,' said I. ' Suppose this skouli be a trap. We have made one mistake ; do not let us make another. Suppose we should attempt and be killed, it would not be a very honourable death! Suppose we should succeed, d o you think that wo should exercise authority v sonei sthe the letter." On arriving at their destination I will have nothing to do w ith o deetrled e repeated " When the superintendent returned on boar d superin tendent intercedes with the Governor, but withobut success. b ve sincerely—that GlJvernor, and he assured us 3nd ; he ' Frus,t,' said he to us the conversation which he had had with the ho was sorry b for ever. I am ' we are about to part in all have been under my cora happy to tell you that since payouf a he had not s uccee b e a gentleman; and mark,' mend you have acted the noi.ficantly, nothing that you nknow s n to me; and with that you did , seaaiidd,hnee,tlhoieekging at me ve . rysi . g you have acted the part of a gentleman. I a ddress lire me thinking, this knowledge I again repeat ilact:hs that e language to you, Wil g and it confirmed did, was unknown to me. Then you said, nothing that you slivasmpsicionls.bwihsiFirlghuaadg ° Pr e u e r viou -ly formed. ' Nothing that he must have been acquainted with the afiair of the letter. No doubt of it.'! Immediately the train stopped, notwithstanding *an order had been issued by the railway authori.. ties prohibiting ail persons from the ticket plat form, there was a tremendous rush of people from all directions. The workmen came swarming over the trucks and engines stand. ing on the different lilies of rails, and all the arrangements for the prevention of confusion were in an instant swept away. The crowd, itn. mediately they saw Inspector Tanner look oat of the window of the centre compartment of the last carriage of the express train, instantly made towards it, and then cries of " Muller, Muller," became loud and frequent. The curosity of the sight seers was, however, bat in a slight manner gratified as the inspector never for an instant moved from hie position at the window of the carriage. The prisoner Muller, as he occupied his seat, looked exceedingly pale and glinted. He wore an old straw hat, a shabby black single-breasted coat, and drab trousers. In about 4 or 5 minutes the traia again moved onwards, and at 16 minutes to three, it arrived at the Euston-station, where an enormous crowd had assembled. A strong body of police was in attend• ance, but the moment the train entered the station it was mgt with tremendous groan. ing and clapping of hands. By an ar rangement with the police authorities, one of their vans was in attendance for the convey. ance of the prisoner to Bow street; but directly Inspector Tanner appeared with the prisoner the excitement of the crowd was immense. The people rushed towards the officer and his prisoner, and seemed as if they would have torn the latter limb from limb. Muller for an instant seemed quite unnerved, but Inspector Tanner urged him forward, and then, in the most agitated manner, be entered the police van, which quickly drove out of the station, followed by thousands of people. The appearance of the arrival plat form at Euston-square was extraordinary, as not only every point from which a momentary glimpse of the prisoner could be had, was occupied, not even excepting the tops of all the carriages forming the reserve trains. The scene in Bow. street was of the same descrip ion. While the charge was being entered against Muller at the station house by Inspector West, his firmness forsook him, he burst into tears, and in that condition he was removed from the dock. The Departure of Muller for London. (BY TELEGRAPH.) Inspector Tanner, with Muller, left Liverpool this morning by the 9 o'clock express train, which is duo at Euston•rquare at 2.30. ARRIVAL OF MULLER AT BOW.hTREET. At 25 minutes before 3 o'clock this afternoon the Liverpool express train drew up to the ticket platform of the London and North Western Railway near the Camden-sta. tion. The first face which was reoog4 raised by those who had the privilege of being on the platform, was that of Jnapectcr Tanner, who gaarded his window, that of the carriage, carefully, so as not to allow even a chance of escape. Ho was taken to the police-station at Bow street, and the charge of murder formally entered against him by Inspector Tanner. The examination will take place on Monday. The Self-Accused Murderer of Mr, Briggs, EXAMINATION AND DIECHARGE-11IIS DAY. At the Worship-street Police-court, before Air Cooke, this morning, George Augustus King was charged on remand upon his own confession with being concerned with Muller in the murder of Mr Briggs. Mr B. J. Abbott said that since tho List occuion the evidence that could be produced was strongly in favour of the prisoner, but his conduct was by no means satisfactory. _ _ Thorns Richbat, a ticket collector at Fenchurch-etreet, said he saw the late M Briggs at the foot of the North London stairs at a quaiter to ten on the night of the murder. Mr Vann, on the part of the accused, said that when he was charged upon his own confession with being tLe mur derer, he also was dinged as" drunk and incapable." Mr Abbott said that the prisoner had written a most ex. traordinary letter to Mr Briggs, jun., and, as it was in court, perhaps it had better be read. Mr "Safford, clerk, then read the letter, which was sent from Coburg-cottages, Ford-row, dated July 15, 1864. In it the prisoner said that he condoled with the bereaved family, and called down the vengeance of Heaven upon the guilty murderer, as the law of the land was to mild for such wretches. He (prisoner) having assisted in conveying the body of the late Mr Briggs to the Mitford Arms, de clared that he had been nearly run over by a passing train while on the line, and he hoped, as be had lost three or four days' work, that he should receive a trifle from Mr Briggs. Mr Leigh, gentleman, of Hackney, said he knew the late Mr Briggs, and saw him at Bow on the night of the alleged murder. There wore two men in a first-class car riage with him, but prisoner was certainly nct one of those two, Mr Inspector Honey said the prisoner had been on tho stage. Mr Cooke told the prisoner that his own confession had been upset by the most positive evidence, and he would be discharged ; but he had been most properly punished, and it was to be hoped that the result of this case would deter other persons from forcing themselves upon the public. The prisoner was discharged. FURTHER PARTICULARS. SHIPPING-THIS DAY. LONDON, Sept. 17.—Wind this day at noon—S 'uth- West; moderate breeze and cloudy; heavy raia in thn night. FALMOUTII, Sept. 16.—Wind Castle, fir Dublin and Melbourne. PLYMOUTH, Sept. 15.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Annion, from London for pima—Joseph and Mary, from London for Rio Janciro. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Sal urdayMotning. Arrived, Sept. 16 —Thomas and Elezi.beth; from Gnern pm—Giulia, front Concepoion—Sarah Black, from New York—Glen. from Osten—Eclipse, from Trieste—George Otto, from New York. Sept. 17.—Neva, steamer, for Dunkirk—Holland, steamer, for Ostend—Concordia, steamer, for Boulogne-- Velocity, for Calais. DEAL, Saturday Morning. Passed.—Glenbrook, from Jamaica—Garibaldi (brig) from Belize—both for London—Landon (screw steamer) from London, for Gibraltar. Anchored.--Barry M Carthy, for Taganrog—Chamois Alberto, for Oporto—both from London—Sea Plower, from Sunderland, for Gibraltar. Sailed.—Arab Steed and Heather Ball. with others, for the West. Liverpool Cotton Marlet---This Day. Mazket better on China's news, and the peace idea is entirely Fused away. Sales, 0,000 or 7,000 bales, at id. to ld. advance.